RAPID CITY- Thelma Mariam Wilsey, 98, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Golden Living Center Meadowbrook Nursing Home. Thelma (Sammie) Pelley was born on July 25, 1915 to Samual and Mildred Pelley on a ranch near Crawford, NE. She was the fourth of nine children. The family later lived in Oelrichs, SD and Chadron, NE. Sammie married Donald Graham and to this union one child, Shirley was born. In 1939, Sammie married Charles (Chuck) Wilsey and they had a daughter, Gale. Early in their married life they lived at Pedro, SD and worked on a ranch. Later they owned and operated Chuck's Gas Service in Rapid City and Newell. Sammie was always active in the community. She helped organize the Senior Center in Newell, was also a member of and Sunday school teacher in the First Congregational Church there. Later she became a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rapid City. Sammie was proud to have been a 60 year member of the VFW. She served in various offices and was a past president. Chuck and Sammie retired in 1979 and moved to Rapid City in 1993. Family and friends were an important part of their life. Surviving Sammie are daughter, Gale Keyser; grandchildren: Christene Hinds, Des Moines, IA; Charles (Corrine) Potts, Winder, GA; and step granddaughters: Tanya (Mark) Larive, Sturgis; Tracie (Dean) Huffman, Wheatland, MO; great grandchildren: Robbie (Karen) Hinds; Christopher (Susan) Hinds; Murphy Potts; Darcy Potts; Gunner Foss; Shania Larive; Miles Keyser; Breonna Thompson; and Dustin Thompson; and several great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chuck Wilsey; daughter Shirley Hinds; brothers: Stanley Pelley and Jim Pelley; sisters: Ada Johnston, Francis Fish, Dorothy Wagner, Bobbie Tudor, Betty Sellers and Bonnie Kirkpatrick. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bob Jacobs officiating. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time. Interment will follow at Pine Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Rapid City. Memorials have been established to Westminster Presbyterian Church and the American Cancer Society.